Hubs, forks and rotor help

sdavies141

Hi,

I have a Lapierre Zesty 214, bought the bottom spec as wanted to make sure I really wanted to get back in mountain biking and wanted a full sus, but now parts are starting to fail fairly quickly.

Hubs
Need a new rear hub as I have knackered the Shimano M582, as I am 100KG's and ride it very hard, lots of left right play and no matter how much I tweak the adjustment nuts it gets loose after one ride! Thinking a hope pro 2 evo or chris king, built up a decent rim - appreciate your thoughts on this. (I will get a matching front hub of I replace the forks)

Forks
Before I ride too much more on my Sektor R's was thinking of selling them on Ebay, and replacing with a slight beefier with bigger travel 150mm - 160mm, really like to stay with Rock Shoxs thinking Lyriks or similar (what are your thoughts?)

Rotors
Need to put a 200mm - 210mm rotor upfront for a bit more stopping power - are the hope ones worth the money?

I ride everything on my bike from trail centres to peak district single track to easy down hill ....... so want the most versatile setup. Although I would like a 29er for fast XC ... but that is another story!

cooldad

Hubs - are you tightening the locknuts properly? They don't come loose. Servicing is simple and cheap.
Forks - your call
Rotors - no.

sdavies141

Thanks for the help!

nicklouse

I would just learn to service your hubs correctly.

Fork no I would not. No need to increase the travel it will just make things harder.

Rotors. Nope.

And I have a greater mass than you.

leaflite

Lyrics are the wrong fork for that bike really-if you wanted that kind of bike, you should have bought a spicy!

I would look to superstar for rotors-whilst the hope ones look bling, they are expensive, dont fit all brakes(the rivets catch on some calipers) and dont increase stopping power over a normal rotor. If you do want expensive rotors, the icetech xt ones seem to get good reviews.